“Dear God” is probably my favorite song from the Monsters of Folk self titled debut album.
It’s got this “70s soul” style chorus with some lovely harmonies that really kick my beans in. The verses are pretty cool too and M. Ward, Conor Oberst, and Yim Yames each take a turn singing a verse (very […]

In my last post (which was a full week ago because I’m very lazy lately) I wrote about MGMT’s new album (Congratulations) being available to stream on NPR.
In this post I’m sharing with you the news that MGMT has a rather insane video for the song “Flash Delirium” available to be viewed on WhoIsMGMT.com (the […]

MGMT have made their second album, Congratulations, available to stream on NPR: Click Here to listen.
As you will be able to read when you click through to NPR, MGMT says that this album will have no singles and they won’t promote any particular song to radio stations. Instead they want radio stations and other listeners […]

I wasn’t that surprised to see that Valleys of Neptune (the latest collection of previously unreleased Hendrix recordings released as a new album) debuted at #4 on the US album charts this week, because Hendrix definitely seems to have an enduring popularity. But I was a bit surprised to see how many of his older […]

There’s a story out today about how the Michael Jackson estate has signed a $200 million dollar contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over the next 7 years.
While the news angle is mostly about how this is the biggest recording contract in history, I found the bit about a new Michael Jackson […]

I just came across The 1920s Network website which includes an internet radio stream of 1920s music (it’s easy to play with the mp3 player on your computer, I use Winamp which is recommended by the website) And I think it’s pretty darn cool. So cool that I wanted to share it here. Not only […]

OK, this isn’t very up to date “news” since it was first on Radiohead.com on February 25th but just in case you’re like me and you go out of the loop on occasion I thought I would share that Thom Yorke is going on tour with the band he played all of The Eraser with […]

I’m finally picking up where I left off with my rather ambitious “Beatles Songs” project (maybe a bit too ambitious, I’m not sure if I’m focused enough to ever finish it) where I take pretty detailed look at all 186 original Beatles song from “Love Me Do” to “I Me Mine” in the order that […]

As a fan of Sparklehorse (in particular the 1998 album Good Morning Spider) I’m sad to share the news that Mark Linkous (who was Sparklehorse) committed suicide on March 6, 2010. He was 47.
(I just found this post I made a couple of years ago on my three favorite albums of 1998 and I included […]

REAPER is my favorite DAW (digital audio workstation) and not just because you can buy a personal/small business license for only $60 (although that is pretty cool.)
I’ve tried a lot of different DAWs (including Pro Tools) and REAPER is easily my favorite. In my opinion it’s better software than programs that cost about 10 […]